Info for New & Current Parents & Carers
Welcome to the hub – where you’ll find a mix of statutory key information for Parents and Carers and helpful resources such as ‘This Term’ content from our marketing team and a letters archive.
If you have any feedback for us, get in touch at admin@esaacademy.org and we’ll do our utmost to implement any notes you have.
Key Information for Parents and Carers
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Events Calendar
ESA Community Trust
Support ESATerm Dates are available on this page and on the ‘Contact Us’ page.
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Calendar: Upcoming Events
The School Day
School starts with period 1. Please note that we do not have a morning registration. Our school day starts promptly at 9am with the first lesson of the day. The school is open from 8am serving breakfast so be early, not late!
We have 6 sessions of 55 minutes in our school day as follows:
Session 1 - 9.00am
Session 2 - 9.55am
Break time - 10.50am
Session 3 - 11.10am
Session 4 - 12.05pm
Tutor time - 1.00pm
Lunch time - 1.20pm
Session 5 - 2.00pm
Session 6 - 2.55pm
End of day - 3.50pm
Please note:
On Wednesdays we start at session 2 at 9.55am.
On Fridays we finish at 2.55pm after Session 5.
Please also note that other optional activities do continue after Session 6 (from 4pm). The school building will shut at 6pm unless there is a production or event taking place in the evening.
Term Dates ‘23/24:
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Half Term 1: 5th September 2023 - 20th October 2023
Half Term 2: 30th October 2023 - 19th December 2023
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Half Term 3: 8th January 2024 - 16th February 2024
Half Term 4: 26th February 2024 - 28th March 2024
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Half term five: 16th April 2024 - 24th May 2024
Half term six: 3rd June 2024 - 23rd July 2024
The Pastoral
Team
Beth Hughes
Head of Year 10
Pamela Banayoti
Head of KS5
Tom Baines
SEND Coordinator
Clare Buckle
Pastoral Support Manager
ext. 3224
Diane Holme
Attendance Support Officer
ext. 3226
Jess Reid
Head of Year 11
Support our
mission.
We rely on both our community and our industry partners to support in bringing our curriculum to life; creating meaningful opportunities in the Film, TV and Entertainment industries for our students.
From time-to-time, members of our community are also partners - if you’re interested in supporting us with a donation or providing any contacts, support or opportunities for our students please click the link below.